IXEG Home Cockpit

[Benedeczky]

Hello!

I'm in the process of making a home cockpit, and I'd like to be able to use the IXEG 733 most of the time. I am making an overhead panel. This is the first time I'm doing anything like this. I am currently using ARDsim to map the controls, however, I am open to ideas if you guys have experience with this. I am able to get the pitot heat switch to work with the default cessna (just to see if I have the ability to get a switch to work), however I know it won't be that simple with the IXEG. What steps do I have to take to get a switch to work with the 733? For example the strobe light. I can't get it to work.

Any help would be much appreciated!

[mmerelles]

you need to use the aircraft custom commands and datarefs provided by the developers. The list of custom commands and the list of datarefs is over the aircraft root documentation folder. '2-interface guide.pdf'

To make the strobe light work via external hardware set a 1 to ON or a 0 to OFF to the aircraft dataref 'ixeg/733/lighting/strobe_lt_act'

[frumpy]

Just driving datarefs doesn't work reliable, unfortunately. Ben Russel knows of it,

however it's unclear if this is resolved soon.

You can see what I mean here (I'm using ARDsim too):

 

Edited December 23, 2016 by frumpy

[737NUT]

16 hours ago, frumpy said:

Just driving datarefs doesn't work reliable,

Not true, look at my sim. I am using all the IXEG datarefs and it works quite nice, once I figured out what Gizmo needed.   

Rob

 

[frumpy]

Hi Rob,

just from looking at your sim I cannot tell, unfortunately.

Do you use AP and CWS buttons and the feature like in the video does not happen?

So will you tell me what Gizmo needs? For xmas?

 

p.s. Maybe you can contribute here, it's the same issue:

 

Edited December 24, 2016 by frumpy

[teplo]

I use ArdSim to create  IXEG 733 MCP panel. I use string  13 0 ixeg/733//MCP/mcp_a_comm_ann to display switching A/P ENGAGE CMD A in out_1.cfg. But it don't work. The strings 

14 0 ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_b_comm_ann

15 0 ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_a_cws_ann

16 0 ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_b_cws_ann

work fine. Please help someone who understand with this question.

[frumpy]

5 hours ago, teplo said:

I use ArdSim to create  IXEG 733 MCP panel. I use string  13 0 ixeg/733//MCP/mcp_a_comm_ann to display switching A/P ENGAGE CMD A in out_1.cfg. But it don't work. The strings 

14 0 ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_b_comm_ann

15 0 ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_a_cws_ann

16 0 ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_b_cws_ann

work fine. Please help someone who understand with this question.

Did you see the // in your string?

These are mine cfgs, but they are still a bit buggy - one pin should not be used, I don't remember which one and

I am not at my desk.

in_1.cfg:

D11+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_a_cmd_act
D12+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_ap_disengage_act
D14+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_lnav_act
D15+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_vor_loc_act
D25+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_a_cws_act
D26+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_at_arm_act
D28+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_app_act
D29+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_speed_act
D32+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_alt_hold_act
D34+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_vs_target_act
D36+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_heading_bug_act
D39+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_hdg_select_act
D44+ ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_plt_course_act

 

out_1.cfg:

1     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_vs_target_ann
2     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_alt_hold_ann
3     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_lnav_ann
4     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_vor_loc_ann
5     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_app_ann
6     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_hdg_select_ann
7     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_vnav_ann
8     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_level_change_ann
9     1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_at_arm_ann
10    1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_a_comm_ann
11    1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_n1_ann
12    1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_a_cws_ann
13    1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_speed_ann
14    1     ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_plt_fd_ann